Word: abstentionism
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There were other sources of tension at the summit. The British were furious at the U.S. for trying to switch its vote on a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Falkland Islands from veto to abstention. At a Friday morning photo session, Prime Minister Margaret...
When the resolution came to a vote, it was rejected by Parsons on the grounds that it did not explicitly demand an Argentine withdrawal within a fixed time limit. Reluctantly supporting the British position, Kirkpatrick also vetoed the resolution. But when her turn to speak came, she had conciliatory words...
In a 5-2 vote, with one abstention, the ACSR--which advises the Corporation on the ethical implications of Harvard's investment policy--voted to support a resolution sponsored by several Church groups that calls on Du Pont to half its management of the Savannah River plant. At the South...
The abstention reversed an earlier recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility to support the resolution, which asks AT&T to appoint a committee to examine the "moral, social, economic and national security implications" of the company's operations.
In a statement released yesterday, the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) said it decided to abstain because it did not wish "to establish a confused or inconsistent record" on shareholder resolutions, since the ACSR has in two years come to two separate conclusions on the same issue in close...